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| - Because of Groupon and the recent reviews, I decided to give them a try. I used to live in Morton Grove, so I have eaten at the Rosati's in Skokie (outside of Chicago), as well as Giordano's, Lou's, Gino's, and every other legit Chicago pizza place.
I ordered my 'Chicago Style' pizza, Cheef sandwich, and cannoli at 6:13pm and was told 30 minutes. I arrived at 6:50pm, hoping to run in, grab my food, and return home to watch football. After paying and waiting 10 minutes, I asked on the status of my order. It was at that point I was told the pizza had another 10 minutes... would have been nice to know when I paid, eh? I left with my food at 7:26, 73 minutes after my order.
I tried to put this out of mind while I sat down to eat. Unfortunately, the food just made it all worse.
My Cheef sandwhich was dry as a bone (perhaps from sitting for 73 minutes in the heater?), even after explicitly asking for it to be "dunked", because I am from Chicago and that is what we do. The beef was so dry and salty I felt like I was eating jerky! I took a few bites, drank a lot of water, and moved onto the pizza.
I was so surprised about the "Chicago Style" pizza being thiner than a dominos pizza (approx. 1/4") that I called them back to inquire about it. Apparently their "Deep dish" pizza is the Chicago Style I expected. Their 'Chicago style' pizza is some pan style pizza. If you want Chicago style, order the "Deep dish".
The Pizza was OK, but not gourmet. I may try again and this time order the 'Deep dish' - if I do I will update.
The cannoli was weak and not made from scratch.
Overall, had I payed full price I would have been very upset!
In the mean time, I think they should remove the 'Chicago style' pizza as an option because that is what the 'Deep dish' is.
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